ScoopD’s Digest: 10 Overlooked Reads Worth the Look: Buffett, Facebook, CMOs/Twitter Commentary, Earth Aliens, the BBC, et al

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(Read time = 3 minutes) Articles you may have missed from some oft overlooked sources, and some stalwarts.  Commentaries on Facebook, Twitter… telephones and Earth’s own aliens- and giants like Buffett, Apollo 11 and the BBC .  A perfect diversion for a mid-business day read.  Let me know if you have others to include on the list. 

THE MONTHLIES

1.  MIT Technology Review: “Privacy in the age of Facebook”

2.  Fast Company: “Daddy Givebucks”   Three years ago, Warren Buffett gave each of his kids $1 billion to give away — suddenly thrusting them into the philanthropic elite. Here’s what they learned.

3.  Scientific American:  “40^th Anniversary of Apollo 11”  Neil Armstrong interview, NASA features, the moon landing through Soviet eyes.  All this in more.  SA editors have compiled a plethora of content that speaks to mankind’s giant leap.

4.  The Economist:  “Cutting the cord: America Loosing Its Landlines” The decline of newspapers has been much reported, but another staple of American life is being dealt a death blow:  the telephone landline.  Some estimates suggest the last cord will be cut sometime in 2025.

5.  Discover Magazine:  “Earth’s Own Aliens: They Light Up & Live in the Deep” Marine biologist Edie Widder’s underwater spy camera is an underwater SETI, finally giving humans a chance to see the freaky world of deep-ocean bioluminescent animals.

 

THE BONUS ROUND

***  (Video) Kevin Spacey explains Twitter to Letterman

*** (Conan O’Brien: The Tonight Show Video Clip) Shatner Does Palin’s Resignation

 

ONLINE, the DAILIES and WEEKLIES

1.  New York Times: “PR2.0 in Silicon Valley”

2.  Slate.com: “Domain Names – Don’t Pay”

3.  Business Week:  “Twitter Dominates CMO Social Network Plans” 

 

BLOGS WORTH A LOOK

“Old Media” Blogs the New Media – what I like is the fundamental old journalism rigor of sourcing/checking. doesn’t mean they always get it right but does provide reading that’s a step removed from citizen journalism.

 

1.  dot.com BBC News The web at 20 and other topical technology conversations.

2.  WSJ Tech Blog:  Digital topics by the baston of print  

3.  Harvard Business Review Several and varied blogs on business, technology topics.

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ScoopD’s Digest: 10 Overlooked Reads – GenY/Boomer Comparison, Facebook Plan, Bezos +”Twitter Frenzy” video and Obama’s IT Dashboard

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Articles you may have missed from some often overlooked sources, and some stalwarts.  Commentaries on Media and Marketing Trends, Social Media, Supercomputers, and Giants of Industry and Titans like Twitter.    The perfect diversion for a July 4th long weekend as the fires die down.  Enjoy.  FYI, this is a bit of an experimental post to understand if this type of content/digest approach has value.  Let me know.

THE MONTHLIES

Harvard Business Review: Gen Y & Boomers Have More In Common Than You Think, July/August 2009.   Two large surveys of college grads reveal remarkable similarities between Baby Boomers and Generation Y – the oldest and youngest groups in the workforce.  Implications for employers are discussed w/r/t attracting and keeping talent, and in work environment design. What makes ‘em tick, how do you satisfy.  Key dimensions such as Ambition, Loyalty, “Me to We”, Networking, etc. highlighted.

Fast Company: The Evolution of Amazon.com.  July/August 2009.  An exploration of AMZN founder Jeff Bezos’ attempt to “out Jobs, Steve Jobs…”  as Bezos amps up the digital media reading experience with KindleII and attempts to do to the book business what Apple did to the music business.

WIRED: The Battle Shaping Up:  Facebook v. Google. July 2009.   The article delves into Facebooks reputed 4-step plan for Online domination with social networks at the center of everything web, from search to branding to xxx.  Related article:  NYT April:  “Do you own Facebook, or does Facebook own you”.  Added color interview withMark Zuckerberg

Forbes Insights, In Association w/Google:  The Rise of the Digital C-Suite, July2009.  How executives locate and filter business information:  Internet is the top information resource; generation shift occurring; personal search increasing; mainstream search engines prominent; execs under 40 most willing to engage.

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BONUS ROUND

Jon Stewart on The Daily Show A video Twitter Frenzy March2009Too funny to ignore

Obama administration roles out IT Dashboard: July 2009. Information about the federal government’s information technology spending and investment.

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ONLINE, the DAILIES and WEEKLIES

Washington Post: Is Twitter a Player in Iran’s Drama. June 17, 2009.

Huffington Post:  Congressmen learn to use Twitter.  June 12, 2009.

HPCwire: The fastest computers in the world,  June, 2009. The new Top 10 list just announced from the Hamburg SuperComputing Tradeshow.  Also, a companion story in Richmond Times-Dispatch: will big computers outthink us?

Village Voice:  (With a nod to this week’s  start of the Tour de France: Lance Armstrong’s Twitter Misadventure, April 2009

Rolling Stone:  The Mind Behind “Mad Men” June 25, 2009.  A brief QA with creator Matthew Weiner as he discusses what’s ahead for the 1960s parody of Advertising Agency moves into Season three (1964 setting: think Gulf of Tonkin, Civil Rights Act…).

 

Enjoy.  FYI, this is a bit of an experimental post to understand if this type of content/digest approach has value.  Let me know.

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